Saul on the Rampage: 22:6–10 Saul reacted predictably when he learned that David had surfaced and that a group had gathered around him. He took for granted that David’s main aim was to win the hearts of even more people and draw them away from Saul by bribery. He smelled conspiracy even among the members of his own tribe. Specific mention of men of Benjamin may indicate that his paranoia had become such that he was afraid to have members of other tribes around. He was convinced that Jonathan’s friendship with and defense of David meant betrayal. Verse 8 implies that Saul had only recently learned, perhaps from a courtier with a grudge, that the friendship between Jonathan and David had been reinforced by a covenant agreement. It says much for Jonathan that he stayed with his father through…